The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-11-18
col. I,ain-s Views.

can agree with most AM body On this
subject. If Brother Murphy should come
along and ask me 70 help him lift tbedrunk-
ard ont Of the gutter. ! wolid. say, Here
Is my hand brother vii 90 With you.
But If should waut - 20 further On after
helping Brother Murphy. why he would
have no right 70 abuse me-. / can q With
Ex-Governor Colqui;t = the length oflocal
option. or with sister Foste- to the end Of
state prohibition, bat my cry would still be
"Oa to Washington.
With his familiar argument that the
country WAS suffering from undsr-c0nsump
ton, not oYer-produetion, the Colonel
said
Il Is an insult to God to take his bless
lngs and lock them up in storehouse, while
down in the valley Of poverty tie working
mems families are starving. Take the
:550, 90, 900 spent annually by working
men for that which is neither food nor
drink, turn it loose upon those crowded
storehouses and their goods would melt Ike
a snow before tho summer sun.
Down in Atlanta. Georgia, fifteen months
Of Prohibition las left them without an
empty house, every trade has been benefit
ed and there is nothing left Of the old
chain gang" but the Chain.
To close the saloons would DC to our
country's poor ike letting loose starving
cattle upon fertile prairic-la land I wonder
that Business men d. not arise and drive
this pirate OF the sea OF commerce. God
helping me, take my stand by the side Of
the humblest home in the land, and declare
that the poor widow and her boys deserve
protection as much as the sheep on the
hiilsides.
One day, ten years ago. met a Demo-
cratic legislator on the streets ofI.exington,
Kentucky, aud said to him, II understand
you voted for that liquor bill last week."
lie replied, Il did. knew those men
would take my political head of If didn't.
knew that you would vote for inc anyhow.
When you temperance men are as true to
your principles as the liquor men are u
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then" That afternoon I secured divorce
from the Democratic party, and what con-
science has put asunder let no man attempt
10 join together again. When the Republi-
can party sold out left it and when into
the Prohibition party. will leave the
Prohibition party within fifteen minutes
when it goes back on its promises. You
can't put Prohibition plank into the
Republican party. The Bible says you
can't. 1t says you can't pat new wine into
old bottles
After reviewing the Old antislavcry
struggle and comparing the Republican
party with the Wing party Of those days,
the colonel said: was on board the Dem
ocratc train. Ny ticket read Home Pro-
lection" The conductor informed me that
the train was bound for .IIome Destrac-
ton got off and took the Repub lcan
train. After awhile it ran into the round
house. "Look here said to the conduc-
tor, what's the matter ?" "Why, we
have stopped. At the end Of the route
Going to talk about Appomattox and old
times" said he on little ways | OBJ
served the Prohibition train. 1t was going
rather slow, but there was plenty of fuel
and cold water on board | boarded it.
And when the last saloon is gone and the
smoke Of the distilery no longer blackens
the heavens, why then, God helping me,
W III o,af of for anofHar train
You say we can't stop this traffic Well
then you stop saying the Lords prayer.
The work will be done when all Christian
men step out aud say, 'Lord here we are. 4"
4 miserable minority sou say SIC are